Shannam (Japanese:シャナムShanam) is a playableswordmaster inFire Emblem: Thracia 776. He is an impersonator ofShannan, crown prince ofIsaach. He first appeared unnamed inFire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War.

Biography

Shannam is an impersonator of PrinceShannan ofIsaach. Settling inTarrah, he uses his looks to charm women. During the siege of Tarrah, he refuses to help with the defense of the city.^[2] During the final assault on Tarrah, Shannam decides to flee the city; however, he is spotted by the bardHomer, to whom he reveals his real name before leaving.

Later, while working as a mercenary under bandits, he encounters Shannan's nieceMareeta, who confuses him for Shannan. Shannam gives her vague hints, accidentally teaching herAstra in the process.^[3] Not long after, Shannam starts working under theLoptr Church in Millefeuille Forest. During the battle, he meets back with Homer, who convinces him to joinLeif's liberation army, whom he accompanies until the liberation ofMunster.

Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War

Role

DuringChapter 9, ifJeanne orHermina visits one of the villages in the northwest of the map, someone claiming to be Shannan appears and tries to ask them to dinner. When asked to show her theBalmung, he produces aDracoshield instead and fails to convince her of its authenticity.

Though the group of villages in the northwest of Chapter 9 are unnamed inGenealogy of the Holy War, they match the location ofTarrah provided on the maps ofThracia 776. This is the same location where Shannam is first found inThracia 776.

Fire Emblem: Thracia 776

Role

Shannam is a playable character. InChapter 15 appears as an enemy unit on turn 11.Mareeta cantalk to him, teaching herAstra. InChapter 16B, Shannam appears as an enemy unit. He is recruited when talked to byHomer.

Starting stats and growth rates

See also:Two Paths

Swordmaster Level 1 Action --

Recruitment:Chapter 16B, talk withHomer if he survivedChapter 15 StatsGrowth Rates Max HP 24 Speed 9 Strength 5 Luck 1 Magic 1 Defense 4 Skill 8 Constitution 6 Movement 7 FCM 0 Max HP 50% Speed 50% Strength 50% Luck 50% Magic 5% Defense 5% Skill 5% Constitution 5% Movement 2% {{{content3}}} {{{content4}}} {{{content5}}} {{{content6}}} {{{content7}}} {{{content8}}} {{{content9}}} {{{content10}}} {{{content11}}} {{{content12}}} {{{content13}}} {{{content14}}} {{{content15}}} Inventory Skills Iron Blade Bargain Adept Weapon Levels C -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Supports

Shannam Swordmaster Supports: None. [[{{{supportg1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg1}}} [[{{{supportg2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg2}}} [[{{{supportg3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg3}}} [[{{{supportg4}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg4}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg5}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg5}}} [[{{{supportg6}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg6}}} [[{{{supportg7}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg7}}} [[{{{supportg8}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg8}}} [[{{{supportg9}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg9}}} [[{{{supportg10}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg10}}} [[{{{supportg11}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg11}}} [[{{{supportg12}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg12}}} [[{{{supportg13}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg13}}} [[{{{supportg14}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg14}}} [[{{{supportg15}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg15}}} [[{{{supportg16}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonusg16}}} Supported by: None. [[{{{supporto1}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso1}}} [[{{{supporto2}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso2}}} [[{{{supporto3}}}]] Bishop Bonus: {{{bonuso3}}}

Analysis

Shannam is a prepromoted level 1Swordmaster that joins inChapter 16B ofThracia 776 by talking toHomer. His stats are incredibly low, being equal to Swordmaster'sclass bases in everything except for his 1 Luck, and he even has aFCM of 0 on top of that. His 9 Speed is enough to avoid being doubled by most enemies, but even then he gets 2HKO'd by most enemies, and can even get OHKO'd by some stronger ones. Likewise, despite havingAdept, Shannam's low stats prevent it from having any meaningful activation rate, as his 6 Con forces him to use lighter weapons. He contributes nothing in his join chapter, as it features loads ofMercenaries and Swordmasters too fast for him to double, and too evasive in forests for him to hit. TheIron Blade he starts with cripples his attack speed down to zero, making him prone to getting one-rounded by almost anything, so it is necessary to give him something lighter, which he will struggle to deal any meaningful damage with his 5 Strength.

Shannam has high growths inHP,strength, speed, andluck. However, as he joins promoted, his experience gain is low, so getting him out of his poor bases will take a while. His other stats only have a very low growth at 5%. His lowskill stat in particular will give him middling hit rates in battle. His C-rank in swords is somewhat serviceable, but at this stage in the game even a unit with a low starting sword rank likeCarrion will have at least a C in swords, and he will be locked out of the best swords until he can make his way to a B-rank. There are ways to make Shannam good at combat if the player is very dedicated, but doing so requires a lot of effort and investment, and there is nothing special about him when trained up that justifies his usage, outside of attempting to make a poor unit good.

Shannam is the only character in the game with theBargain skill, which allows him to purchase items fromvendors andarmories at a discount, though unfortunately there are not many shops selling useful items left beyond the point where he joins, and you would have likely amassed enough gold at this point to make his contribution unnecessary. If he has theMember Card in his inventory, he can buy stat boosters in thesecret shop duringChapter 24 at a reduced price, though they are still expensive and come way too late in the game to usually be worth it.

Personality

Despite his imitation of the prince ofIsaach, Shannam does not rival the man in skill or confidence. According toHomer, Shannam also sounds nothing like Shannan.^[4] He does, however, have more than a passing resemblance to Shannan physically. WhenMareeta requests that he teach her theAstra skill, which he does not know, he gives her vague advice in an attempt to maintain his cover.

While Shannam does take work as a mercenary, he primarily uses his looks to mooch off of people fooled by his appearance.^[2]

Endings

Shannam, Boastful Myrmidon
Instead of working for the New Kingdom of Thracia, Shannam returned to his hometown in Isaach. He then quit being a mercenary and lived a normal life.

Quotes

Death quotes

Escape quotes

Other appearances

Fire Emblem Cipher

Shannam is featured on one card inFire Emblem Cipher.

Fire Emblem Cipher data for Shannam
	Blade Braggart, Shannam
		"The most vital element of Astra is your heart. You must let your heart flow through your technique! (Ugh, how am I saying such drivel...?)"
		Attack: 60	Support: 10	Range: 1	Deploy Cost: 3
		Class: Swordmaster		Tier:Advanced	Class Change Cost: 2
		"I'm Prince Shannan.":[Trigger] When you deploy this unit, this turn, this unit is treated as if his unit name is "Shannan". A lesson in Astra?:[Trigger] [Discard your entire hand] When this unit performs a Critical Hit, you may pay the cost, and if you do: Untap another ally.
	Card #P10-003PR • Artist:Senri Kita
Some card information translation provided by Serenes Forest. For more detailed strategic information on these cards, seetheir TCG wiki article on Shannam .

Choose Your Legends placement history

Round	Placement	Character	Votes

CYL 1 (2017)

701

Shannam Thracia 776

63

CYL 2 (2018)

671 (−30)

Shannam Thracia 776

80

CYL 3 (2019)

598 (+3)

Shannam Thracia 776

97 (+17)

CYL 4 (2020)

622 (−9)

Shannam Thracia 776

96 (−1)

CYL 5 (2021)

550 (−72)

Shannam Thracia 776

105 (+9)

CYL 6 (2022)

562 (+10)

Shannam Thracia 776

109 (+4)

CYL 7 (2023)

487 (−75)

Shannam Thracia 776

100 (−9)

CYL 8 (2024)

564 (+77)

Shannam Thracia 776

76 (−24)

CYL 9 (2025)

561 (−3)

Shannam Thracia 776

64 (−12)

CYL 10 (2026)

494 (−67)

Shannam Thracia 776

57 (−7)

Total results		This character has 10 entries across all Choose Your Legends polls.	847

Trivia

• Shannam's death quote is similar toShannan's.^[5]
• Shannam is very similar toSamuel fromArchanea. While Shannam impersonates Shannan, Samuel impersonatesNavarre.

Etymology and other languages

Gallery

Sprite Gallery
Swordmaster Sword (Steel Sword)

Official artwork

• 
  Artwork of Shannam fromThracia 776.

Cipher artwork

• 
  Artwork of Shannam.

References

This article is part ofProject Characters, a project focused on writing articles for every character present in theFire Emblem series.